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- NATION, Page 37American NotesSCANDALSTough Talk, Light Terms
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- U.S. District Judge Richard Williams of Alexandria, Va.,
- had harsh words last week about the abuses uncovered by
- Operation Ill Wind, the federal investigation of Pentagon
- procurement fraud: "I can't believe our Government, the Congress
- and Executive, lets a system like this endure." In fact, the
- judge was so disgusted that he handed out astonishingly light
- sentences to the first two defendants convicted by a jury as a
- result of the probe (twelve other people have pleaded guilty).
- Teledyne Electronics executive George Kaub could have received
- 40 years in prison. His co-worker Eugene Sullivan could have got
- 20 years. Instead they will serve six and three months,
- respectively, in a halfway house. Prosecutor Henry Hudson
- declined to comment.
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